automatically sets this to a sensible value for your host if you
don't specify this option.
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+.BI "\-\-repo " url_or_dir
+Also use the specified repository to create the build system.
+The repositories may be either of type rpmmd, yast2 (susetags),
+or a simple directory. Multiple --repo options may be given.
+As a special form, 'zypp://reponame' can be used to specify
+a system repository. 'zypp://' selects all enabled system
+repositories. This is also the default if BUILD_RPMS is not
+set and no --rpms or --repo option is used.
+.TP
.BI "\-\-root " buildroot
Specifies where the build system is set up. Overrides the
BUILD_ROOT enviroment variable.
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.B --verify
verify the files in an existing build system.
+.TP
+.BI "\-\--dist " distribution
+Set the distribution. If this option is not given, build tries to
+calculate the distribution by looking at the rpm package used in the
+build.
+The specified distribution can either be a string
+like "11.2" or "sles9", or the pathname of the build configuration to
+use.
.SH .spec FILE OPTIONS
The
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.B BUILD_RPMS
Where build can find the SuSE Linux RPMs. build needs them to create the
-build system. "/media/dvd/suse" is the default value which will do
-the trick if you have the SuSE Linux DVD mounted.
+build system.
.TP
.B BUILD_RPM_BUILD_STAGE
The rpm build stage (-ba, -bb, ...). This is just passed through to
You can use this to add more options to RPM.
.SH SEE ALSO
-.BR rpm (1),
+.BR rpm (8),
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.BR "Maximum RPM":
.I http://www.rpm.org/max-rpm/